# Rakai > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rakai > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rakai.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakai > Source revision: 1304175897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Rakai** is a town in the [Central Region](/source/Central_Region,_Uganda) of [Uganda](/source/Uganda). It is the site of the headquarters of [Rakai District](/source/Rakai_District).[2] Other towns in the district include Kalisizo, Kyotera Kakuuto and Mutukula.[3] ## Geography The nearest town is [Kyotera](/source/Kyotera), in [Kyotera District](/source/Kyotera_District), located approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi), north-east of Rakai.[4] Rakai is located about 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-west of the international border with [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania) at [Mutukula](/source/Mutukula,_Uganda).[5] and approximately 66.5 kilometres (41 mi)south-west of [Masaka](/source/Masaka), the nearest large city.[6] The town is approximately 199 kilometres (124 mi) south-west of [Kampala](/source/Kampala), Uganda's capital and largest city.[7] The coordinates of Rakai are 0°42'36.0"S, 31°24'18.0"E (Latitude:-0.7100, Longitude:31.4050).[8] ## Population The 2002 national census put the population of the town at about 5,920. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the mid-year population at 6,900. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 7,000.[9] During the national population census conducted on 27 August 2014, the population was enumerated at 7,592.[10] In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Rakai Town at 7,500. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 8,500. UBOS calculated the annual growth rate of the town's population to average 2.53 percent, between 2015 and 2020.[1] Historical population Year Pop. ±% 2002 5,920 — 2010 6,900 +16.6% 2011 7,000 +1.4% 2014 7,592 +8.5% 2015 7,500 −1.2% 2020 8,500 +13.3% source:[1][9][10] ## Overview Rakai is the headquarters of Rakai District, which in the early 1980s, was the epicenter and first district in Uganda to be affected by the AIDS epidemic.[11] ## Points of interest The following additional points of interest are located within the town limits or close to its edges: (a) the offices of Rakai Town Council.[2] (b) [Rakai General Hospital](/source/Rakai_General_Hospital), a 100-bed public hospital administered by the Rakai District local government.[12] (c) Kamuswaga's Palace.[13] (d) the offices of Rakai District Headquarters.[11] (e) Rakai Health Sciences Program, a collaboration between researchers at [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University), [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University), and [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University), offering several different health services such as antiretroviral medications, [circumcision](/source/Circumcision), health education, and counseling as well as research in the field of [HIV/AIDS](/source/HIV/AIDS).[14] ## Law enforcement There is a police station in Rakai Town, administered and operated by the [Uganda Police Force](/source/Uganda_Police_Force).[15] ## See also - [Kyotera](/source/Kyotera) - [Kalisizo](/source/Kalisizo) - [Kakuuto](/source/Kakuuto) - [Mutukula, Uganda](/source/Mutukula,_Uganda) ## References 1. Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). ["Estimated Population of Rakai Town"](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/036__rakai/) (Citypopulation.de Quoting [Uganda Bureau of Statistics](/source/Uganda_Bureau_of_Statistics)). Cityopulation.de. Retrieved 3 January 2021. 1. Bindhe, Edward (3 May 2012). ["Kooki Chief Defies Town Council on Hotel Construction"](http://ugandaradionetwork.com.dedi3883.your-server.de/story/kooki-chief-defies-town-council-on-hotel-construction). Kampala: [Uganda Radio Network](/source/Uganda_Radio_Network). Retrieved 25 October 2016. 1. UBOS (2012). ["Estimated Population of Rakai In 2002, 2010 & 2011"](http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf). Kampala: [Uganda Bureau of Statistics](/source/Uganda_Bureau_of_Statistics) (UBOS). Retrieved 20 October 2016. 1. UBOS (November 2014). ["National Population And Housing Census 2014: Provisional Results, Revised Edition"](http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf). Kampala: [Uganda Bureau of Statistics](/source/Uganda_Bureau_of_Statistics) (UBOS). Retrieved 3 January 2021. 1. Mutyaba, Gertrude (10 February 2014). ["Rakai: Where Uganda’s HIV fight began"](http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Rakai--Where-Uganda-s-HIV-fight-began/688342-2199230-a4tuo6z/index.html). *[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor)*. Retrieved 25 October 2016. 1. Mpagi, Musa (4 December 2012). ["Rakai Hospital without X-ray machine for seven years"](http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Rakai-Hospital-without-X-ray-machine-for-seven-years/-/688334/1635630/-/3qe1m6/-/index.html). *[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor)*. Retrieved 25 October 2016. 1. Mugera, Isaac (10 May 2007). ["Kamuswaga's Palace in Ruins Three Years after Reinstatement of Kooki Kingdom"](http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=11243). Kampala: [Uganda Radio Network](/source/Uganda_Radio_Network). Retrieved 25 October 2016. 1. ["Rakai Health Sciences"](http://www.rhsp.org/). *www.rhsp.org*. Retrieved 9 March 2017. 1. Buregyeya, Dismus (18 March 2016). ["Rakai Go Forward coordinator arrested over rebel links"](http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1419902/rakai-forward-coordinator-arrested-rebel-links). *[New Vision](/source/New_Vision)*. Retrieved 25 October 2016. ## External links - [Rakai District Homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20160531100127/http://www.rakai.go.ug/) - [Savers lose over sh2bn in Rakai, Sembabule SACCO fraud](http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1432681/savers-lose-sh2bn-rakai-sembabule-sacco-fraud) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rakai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakai) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakai?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.